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...teach writers to write. They are already writers when they come into our workshops. Basically, we act like editors. I don't think people can be taught to write literature. You can't teach an Emily Dickinson or a Shakespeare. That's natural genius...
...draws a cartoon, he’s a genius. If two guys draw a cartoon, one’s a plagiarist. If five guys draw it, they’re hacks, and if 10 guys draw it, they’re following a grand tradition,” Cagle said, citing an industry joke...
Eggers is, of course, a famous writer: he is the author of the bestselling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. It's odd that the two men even know each other, but a few years ago Deng was looking for someone to help him write his life story, and a charitable foundation for Sudanese refugees helped him reach out to Eggers. Intrigued, Eggers agreed to a meeting, and the two became friends. Now they've collaborated on a moving, frightening, improbably beautiful book, a lightly fictionalized version of Deng's life titled What Is the What: The Autobiography...
Emory University art historian Dorinda Evans, author of “The Genius of Gilbert Stuart,” believes the Harvard portrait is a cropped copy of an original Stuart rendering—though other experts are less sure...
Evans, the author of “The Genius of Gilbert Stuart,” said last night that the Kirkland portrait at Stair Galleries “is not convincing...